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2 Chronicles 20:36

2 Chronicles 20:36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

And he joined: "At first Jehoshaphat was unwilling, , ."

Tarshish: "Tarsos in the great sea," says the Targumist, by which is meant a a place in the Mediterranean, called the Great Sea by the Hebrews. See note on , Tharshish

Eziongaber: , Ezion-geber

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